Tokyo Detective

Chapter 556 Minister of Defense. Died.

In the evening, the Special Operations Bureau raided the homes of several prosecutors and easily found various items that violated regulations and laws, even finding evidence of cooperation with the YMCA among lower-ranking individuals.

The high-ranking members of the Special Investigations Department were all greatly alarmed; they couldn't possibly be connected to the YMCA.

Naoki Hanyu didn't care about anything else. Since the other side had already chosen a side, he was prepared to sacrifice himself for the war.

As for why he was so brazen in framing others, it was because he had the confidence to do so. Even if there were flaws in his framing, he could still push everything onto the YMCA and claim that the YMCA had framed these people.

As for its credibility, it is beyond question.

That evening, the YMCA released a new video.

"Regarding the police persecution of peripheral members who cooperate with the YMCA in the past two days, the YMCA hereby issues a warning to Naoki Hanyu: 'Naoki Hanyu, if you have the ability, then fight against the two great masters of Heavenly Punishment and Earthly Destruction. Otherwise, the YMCA cannot guarantee that your family will not be affected. If you win, everything will be wiped clean; if you lose, you will be spared.'"

Such remarks stirred up the already unresting public opinion. Unexpectedly, the police department actually found clues about the YMCA, and the YMCA directly challenged them to a fight.

However, the YMCA did not reveal the exact names of its members, and no one knew who the actual members of the YMCA were or who were innocent.

Even politicians who were initially dissatisfied with Naoki Hanyu's abuse of power and took the opportunity to retaliate had to suppress their fear of him.

It's surprising that there are actually YMCA members in the Prime Minister's faction. Does the Prime Minister or even the Cabinet government still have YMCA members?

The inclinations of the members of parliament who were about to participate in Congress gradually changed.

While Naoki Hanyu is certainly despicable, he can at least be considered one of their kind. The Yonko is far worse, so does that mean the Prime Minister's faction, which seems to have ties to the Yonko, is not despicable?

That evening, Naoki Hanyu fulfilled his promise and appeared in the Mount Fuji area, where he engaged in a fierce battle with "Tenchūchi Mitsui".

Aokigahara Forest, a suicide hotspot on Mount Fuji, is a forest formed by volcanic lava from Mount Fuji. The area is rich in magnetite, which makes compasses easily interfered with. In addition, the dense forest and similar terrain make it easy for visitors to lose their way.

Ten years ago, about 200 people came to commit suicide every year. Even though the government and volunteers cleaned up the bodies from time to time, there were still many hanged bodies in the forest, some of which had been decomposing for a long time and blended into the forest.

However, the government has now expanded walking trails and camping areas, increased tourist flow to reduce seclusion, and implemented measures such as cameras and fences, resulting in a decrease in the number of suicides to a dozen or twenty per year.

Over the decades, more than 1 desperate people have come here to hang themselves, each filled with negative emotions, which shows how sinister this place is.

Every night, the entire forest is shrouded in black mist, as if something ominous is present.

Indeed, although the forest has only recently earned the title of a suicide hotspot, it has stories from ancient times as well.

This forest was once a place of sacrifice. Ancient people believed that a tree spirit existed in the forest, and that the tree spirit had the legend of pacifying Mount Fuji so that it would no longer erupt.

The last eruption of Mount Fuji was in 1707, known as the "Hoei Eruption".

The volcanic ash eruption covered an area of ​​over several thousand square kilometers, shrouding the Tokyo area in volcanic ash, turning day into night, and filling the air with the smell of sulfur. It was a truly terrifying natural disaster.

Therefore, in order to worship the tree god, human sacrifices were required, but this practice was abandoned for nearly 300 years.

Deep in the forest, a large tree seemed to "breathe" like a living organism, and its vines even wriggled like snakes.

The roots of the large tree were wrapped around a rotten black box, the third "artifact" used to worship the tree god. It had been there for over a thousand years, and the black mist swirling around it was extremely thick.

Moreover, the black box doesn't stay in the Aokigahara Forest forever. Every so often, it's picked up by someone destined to find it, bringing bad luck to them, taking away a group of lives, and then returning to the forest. This cycle has been repeating itself for thousands of years.

No one knows its pattern; all that is known is that it will appear before the "lucky ones" without their knowledge.

Suddenly the box began to tremble, and even faint sounds could be heard, like a miserable scream.

It will find its next destined one.

The next second, a terrible explosion destroyed most of the large tree next to the box, flames engulfed the remaining trunk, and the screams became even louder.

Many illusory figures suddenly appeared beside the box. These figures were all pale and rotting, and their limbs had even turned into tree-like material. Each one was so ferocious and terrifying.

As the vengeful spirits all looked in the same direction with their pale, eerie eyes, a figure shoved several of them apart, and a sound echoed through the air.

"Get out of my way, you trash."

With a single stomp of his metal thigh, he cracked the long-rotten black box, and then together with his partner, they fired their shoulder cannons at the retreating figure.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom"

The flames of the explosion engulfed centuries-old trees, and Naoto Hanyu's figure, like lightning, leaped through the forest, while the two steel giants, "Heavenly Punishment and Earthly Destruction," followed closely behind, their long swords having no effect whatsoever in the sea of ​​trees.

Each swing of the blade caused ancient trees to fall, and flames burned across the ancient forest.

A corpse seemed to writhe, and the next second, the corpse and the ancient tree were split in two.

The three figures locked in combat was a disaster for the forest. Large swathes of ancient trees collapsed, many corpses were set ablaze, and mournful cries seemed to echo through the air.

No matter how these demons and monsters reacted, they could not affect the destruction that the three "demigods" inflicted on the forest.

The thick black fog was easily torn apart, and the flames fell onto the black box, causing it to tremble even more violently, as if trying to escape from a nightmare.

The familiar metal thigh stepped on the black box again, and part of the already collapsing box shattered, revealing the already patinated bones inside. Many black mist ghosts rushed out from it.

The next second, all the ghostly figures froze in place, looking up at the sky.

A human figure descended from the sky, surrounded by blue lightning, like a thunder god from mythology.

"Get out of my way, you trash! Thor mode, Dragon Fist 500%!"

At the moment the thunderous fist struck, only a woman's hoarse voice came from the black box.

"You son of a bitch."

Don't filthy things have the right to live?
Like a meteorite falling, soil flew everywhere, the terrifying impact shattered countless tree roots, and lightning exploded more than thirty meters away like energy. Any ghostly figure touched by static electricity would vanish into thin air. When the commotion subsided, Naoki Hanyu emerged from the crater, which was two meters deep and three meters wide. As for the black box, only a piece of black wood remained.

Two metal giants watched from a distance.

"Come again."

"Come again."

A terrible storm once again raged through the forest, affecting ominous entities shrouded in black mist.

When a group of reporters arrived, drawn by the smell, Naoki Hanyu had already emerged from the Aokigahara Forest covered in injuries. Of course, it was unclear whether the area, now resembling a Mediterranean sea, could still be considered a forest.

"Director Yuzuru, are you here at the request of the two leaders of the YMCA?"

Naoki Hanyu nodded.

"Yes."

"Who won?"

"I barely win; it's actually a draw."

The reporters immediately became excited, not expecting that Naoki Hanyu had actually fought to a draw against a top player from the Youth Association, and they hurriedly pressed for more information.

"How will your attitude towards the YMCA change in the future?"

"That's a secret. Alright, I'm injured and need to go back to heal."

After Naoki Hanyu left, the reporters began to venture deeper into the forest to film the changes in the landscape caused by the three men's battle. The group enjoyed taking the photos, but several reporters fell ill afterward.

Naoki Hanyu, of course, was unaware that some reporters were courting disaster. He took out some scrap metal he had collected, such as a black box and some wooden fragments.

"Elsa, can you use these things?"

A female soldier responded from the air.

"It can enhance my strength."

"In that case, I'll leave Inoue to you."

"Do not worry."

Remembering something, Naoki Hanyu took out the demon sword Muramasa from his spatial storage.

"Does it work?"

"can."

To be on the safe side, Hideaki Inoue did not live in the villa, but instead moved into a heavily guarded safe house, as he was also wary that the Special Operations Bureau might take action again.

As the new Minister of Defense fell asleep, a long knife suddenly slipped through the crack in the window, followed by a blurry shadow drifting in from outside.

The ghost was Elsa, who had become even stronger thanks to the nourishment of the blackwood.

And so Elsa pressed the demon sword against Inoue Hideaki's chest, and then strangled him with both hands.

The longer they were in contact, the more pained Inoue Hideaki's face became, as if he were having a nightmare and wanted to wake up but couldn't.

Just one night later, Inoue Hideaki's handsome face became incredibly haggard, as if he hadn't slept for three days and three nights, which startled many security guards.

However, Hideaki Inoue had no energy to deal with these people. Last night's nightmare was so real and terrifying that he recalled the bad things he had done and how the victims wanted to take his life.

Hideaki Inoue couldn't take it anymore. He didn't know what was wrong with him and just wanted to be with someone close to him, so he called the current prime minister.

"Pear, I'm not doing well, can you come see me?"

"If you're not feeling well, I'll arrange for a doctor to come over. Don't go out and give Naoki Hanyu an opportunity these next few days. I'm busy arranging my revenge."

"Dudududu"

After hanging up the phone, Hideaki Inoue became even more listless, muttering to himself.

"Why won't you come to be with me, even though I killed someone for you?"
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Time passed by, and today not only did Naoki Hanyu continue to attack the Prime Minister's faction, but his own people also faced "retaliation."

Japanese customs officials claimed to have found evidence of Tenyu Kirin's smuggling activities and took the company president away.

Nago Shipyard has also been formally notified to cease operations for rectification, as the ships supplied to the military were of substandard quality, and a fine of 300 billion yen has been imposed.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare fully supported the agricultural cooperatives' counterattack against the United Agricultural Cooperatives, causing member farmers to become uneasy.

Riko Shida's counterattack is gradually deepening and will definitely not stop.

Her revenge was only interrupted by someone's death.

The next morning, when the maid knocked on the door and received no response, she opened the door with her key and screamed in fright.

Everyone else was shocked as well. The newly appointed Minister of Defense was hanging himself from a tree branch in the southeast. A thick rope was tightly strangling his neck, and his body was hanging in mid-air, swaying with the wind outside the window. There was also a chair that had been kicked over on the ground.

His death was incredibly gruesome, his head stretched out long.

There was an on camera on the table, presumably filming the scene before Hideaki Inoue's death.

When a security guard couldn't resist checking the camera out of curiosity, he was immediately horrified to find that the footage was full of curses.

(End of this chapter)